Categorie: 1945

Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant (Radio Operator C-47) William G. Allen.

Unit/Placed, 56^th Troop Carrier Squadron, 375^th Troop Carrier Group.

William was born in, 1924 in Missouri.

Father, William H. Allen.

Mother, Alta A. Allen.

William enlisted the service in Kansas with serial # 17127506.

William died during a Cargo/Passenger Mission to Biak, Indonesia  (probably) crashed, on Jan. 29, 1945, Staff Sergeant William G. Allen is honored with a Distinguished Service Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, American Campaign medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

William is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region,Philippines.

Tablets of the Missing – Army.

Thanks to http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/42nd_Bombardment_Group.html ABMC, https://abmc.gov Familysearch.com  https://www.familysearch.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Honorstates http://www.honorstates.org,   Geoffrey Roecker https://missingmarines.com/ P.O.W. Info: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html Rolland Swank and Terry Hirsch.

Rank and Name,Private First Class Paul R. Ainsworth.

Unit/Placed in,155th Infantry Regiment, 31th Infantry Division”Dixie“.

Paul is born no record.

Parents, No Record.

Paul enlisted the U.S.Army in New York with service number # 32472171.

Paul was KIA in the Morotai Island Campaign,Indonesia on Jan.17, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Paul is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.indianamilitary.org/31STINFDIV/SoThinkMenu/31stSTART.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Earnest R. Alexander.

Unit/placed in, V Fighter Command (Far Eastern Air Force).

Eastern was born on Dec. 19, 1922 in Blocker, Oklahoma.

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

Eastern entered  the service from Dallas, Texas in June 8, 1942 with service number # 18082768.

Earnest died by the Japanese trying to escape them on March 26, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Earnest is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

On February 27, 1945 one of seven Mustangs that took off from Biak on a flight bound for Wama Airfield on Morotai on a mission to ferry new aircraft to the 3rd Air Commando Group. During the flight roughly 30-40 miles short of their destination the formation encountered very bad weather and the formation broke up.

Bollinger and Alexander were last seen entering clouds and were never seen again. This aircraft and P-51D 44-63338 piloted by Bollinger failed to arrive. Both pilots were officially declared Missing In Action (MIA).

New Facts

Fate of the Pilot
In fact, Alexander bailed out near Obi Island to the south of Halmahera. Alexander and Bollinger were detained by Ismael Radjaloear, Imam of Laiwoei and leader of Japanese Heihe who sold both pilots to the Japanese.

On March 11, 1945 both were turned over to the Japanese and became Prisoners Of War (POW). Both men attempted to escape. On March 26, 1945 both were killed by a Japanese Army 20 man patrol.

During the middle of May 1945, an Australian Army ‘J’ Mission, Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) inserted an intelligence gathering party on Obi Island that learned two American pilots, Alexander and Bollinger were captured by locals and turned over to the Japanese.

Their bodies were not buried but at the end of the Pacific War the Japanese built a “burial ground” for them at Seri village (it is not clear if any remains were buried there or not. His remains were never recovered and he remains listed as Missing In Action.